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Spectacularly situated Mediterranean Atrium Entry Garden Home on Palm Jumeirah

2011-02-18T01:38:00.000-08:00

It's a turn key opportunity sold fully furnished and decorated. Ideal for someone who wants to move straight in or take over this going concern that is being used for short lets with a 10% return on investment. This villa must be seen to be fully appreciated.

The price for this villa is 10.5 million AED and is not negotiable.

This Garden home has two floors and a built up area of 5,000 Sq Feet / 464 Sq Meters.

Situated on C Frond this high number villa with just a few steps down to private white sand beach and crystal clear water must be seen to be believed.

This unique 4 bedroom villa has had over a million Dirhams of interior modifications. Emirates Home magazine in 2009 who voted Palm Beach Villa as 'Home of the Year' and Ahlan! who voted it as one of the Hottest Homes of the Year in 2008.

It was designed by Darren Lyon (ex Bluhaus Interior Designers) who at the time was nominated for the Middle East Interior Designer of theYear 2008, to an arabesque beach theme.

It was designed with the expert knowledge of Dubai 's Feng Shui Master Practitioner Vicky Moane making sure that health, wealth and happiness came about to residents. This includes water features and mirrors in the NW side of the house, creatively blocking passageways where money would have otherwise been lost, and various other designs accommodated to promote overall wellbeing.

Palm Beach Villa has been designed and decorated with a contemporary arabesque beach theme in mind, specifically creating a calming and peaceful environment in the otherwise hectic hum drum of Dubai . It has a white heavenly aspect with white wooden floors throughout creating a relaxing beach vibe and open plan rooms to enhance the use of space and light. It is a particularly sunny and bright villa which is unusual on the island and the rising dawn fills the master bedroom with a golden glow each morning. The decor has been carefully thought through and includes stunning brass lanterns, Arabesque paintings, a glass balustrade, a high gloss contemporary black kitchen and white linen and silk drapes. The views are onto the Burj Al Arab which makes a spectacular setting for the New Years Eve fireworks.

This much sought after open concept Atrium Entry floor plan and Mediterranean elevation has been made further open plan by removing the wall between the kitchen and living room and also the wall between the master bedroom and one of the adjoining bedrooms. Its now massive master bedroom covers the entire width of the second floor of the villa.

Additional features include:

65 feet width of private beach;

Swimming pool;

Maid's bedroom with own toilet and shower

Two car garage with electric door opening.

Wireless high speed internet broadband;

Beautiful garden with contemporary furniture and deck;

TV room with satellite, Playstation, DVD player & film library;

Extensive book library and relaxation areas;

iPOD docking stations throughout;

Luxurious open plan lounge;

Large dining room with views & doors to both sea & garden;

Stunning fully equipped open plan contemporary kitchen with views to the sea.

The suites: x3 Double bedroom ensuite:

Stunning master suite with 180 degree sea view and balcony to the sea;

Yoga room/ lounge area;

Walk-in wardrobes and 2 en-suite his & her bathrooms,

1 with jacuzzi bath and walk-in shower.

Huge double bedroom with King-size bed;

Large wardrobe space and dressing mirrors;

Wireless internet connection;

TV & DVD player with DVD library;

Work desk;

Dubai Palm Islands

2009-05-08T03:40:00.000-07:00

Dubai Palm Islands are international icon, and its shape as a palm tree, Which will give more beach frontage than a circular island. From this insight, the idea of Palms in Dubai was born. The Palm Jumeirah ,Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira are the three main Palm Islands in Dubai

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2008-05-25T23:07:00.000-07:00

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2008-04-16T23:41:00.000-07:00

Palm Jumeirah is expected to the complete by early 2006 and is built as a serene and luxurious place for living and relaxation, a leisurely retreat wi

2008-01-10T04:22:00.001-08:00

First Residents of Dubai's Palm-Shaped Manmade Island Like Their Pricey New Digs

In this photo released by the Nakheel Development, a few villas are seen at the Jumeira Palm Island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates July 10, 2006. The Palm Jumeirah, a 12-square-mile (30-square-kilometer) island group that took five years to raise from millions of tons of Persian Gulf sand and quarried rock, will open to some 4,000 residents by Nov. 30, said Issam Kazim, a spokesman for Dubai's state-owned developer Nakheel. (AP Photo/Nakheel Development, HO)

Four years ago there was nothing here but unbroken sea. Now there's Andrew Dukes and his luxury mansion sitting on a palm-shaped, manmade island the first of about 100 houses to open here.

"I got exactly what I paid for and I'm very happy with it," said Dukes, 43, a tanned Englishman who just moved into his colossal home on Palm Jumeirah, Dubai's greatest-yet construction project.

Palm Islands Dubai - Jumeirah, Jebel Ali, Deira

2008-01-10T04:19:00.000-08:00

Known collectively as The Palm or Palm Island Dubai they are man made islands. There are three islands under construction The Palm Jumeirah, The Palm Jebel Ali, and The Palm Deira.

Palm Jumeirah is expected to the complete by early 2006 and is built as a serene and luxurious place for living and relaxation, a leisurely retreat with peace for ambience. It will include 2000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping complexes, cinemas, and first Marine Park in the Middle East.

Palm Jebel Ali is slated for completion towards the end of 2007. It is being designed as a place of excitement and entertainment. It will include water themed entertained around a Sea Village that will feature a water park with killer whales, dolphins, and aquariums.

Palm Deira will stand in waters 6 meters deep and reaching 22 meters below sea level. The island will be reclaimed from different points in the seabed. Approximately one billion cubic meters of sand and rock sources from, and around, the UAE will be used to create Palm Deira.

The Palm Island, Dubai will take the shape of 17 fronds of the palm tree surrounded by 12 kilometers of barrier reefs reaching out 5 kilometers into the sea south of Dubai city. More than 120 kilometers of sandy beaches, all reclaimed from the sea.

The total land area of the Palm Island is 80 million cubic meters and it will be visible from the moon without the need of a telescope. Every villa on The Palm will have its own beach and swimming pool. All the homes being constructed are inspired by international architecture. The Palm will provide buyers with many designs and styles.

The environment around The Palm will be made secure with the use of new technology and security features that have set new standards for the building industry worldwide. They will also have all the modern amenities like Internet access, cable TV.

Unique elements like private swimming pools, beaches, gardens with landscaping, paved drive-ins, etc. make the Palm Island Dubai homes stand out from the rest of the property available everywhere else.

The Village Center is also planned to provide residents with all daily requirements through supermarkets, laundries, pharmacies, parlors and salons, restaurants, etc. As of February 2006, the sale of apartments and penthouses on the last complex on the western side of the Trunk of The Palm Jumeirah has started. The compound is surrounded by water on three sides and have seven uniquely designed buildings.

The seven buildings reflect the theme of the Jewel with each building named after a luxurious jewel Emerald, Ruby, Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, Amber, and Tanzanite.The Palm Island is greater than the cities of Paris and Manhattan. Many celebrities and public figures have already bought homes here.

Dubai’s artificial, palm-shaped isle takes root

2008-01-10T04:15:00.001-08:00

In this photo released by Nakheel Development, construction goes on at Jumeira Palm Island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - With 14,000 laborers toiling day and night, the first of Dubai’s three palm-shaped islands is finally about to get its first residents.

The Palm Jumeirah, a 12-square-mile island group, is part of what’s billed as the largest land-reclamation project in the world, the product of five years of brute hauling of millions of tons of Persian Gulf sand and quarried rock.

When fully complete by 2010, the Palm Jumeirah will be an offshore city, with some 60,000 residents and at least 50,000 workers in 32 hotels and dozens of shops and attractions, Nakheel said.

Observers say they are surprised that the fledgling developer has been able to build such a complex project more or less as planned, albeit with several snags that delayed the opening from last year.

“The project has captured people’s imagination,” said Colin Foreman of the Middle East Economic Digest. “Nothing like it has been done anywhere else in the world.”

Nakheel’s four island projects, the world’s largest land reclamation effort, are reshaping Dubai’s stretch of the Gulf coast.

The $14 billion project is a key part of this booming city’s ambitions to rival Singapore and Hong Kong as a business hub, and surpass Las Vegas as a leisure capital.

The frenetic pace of development has utterly transformed Dubai from a sleepy trading and pearl-diving village in the 1950s to a flashy metropolis of 1.5 million.

The island’s construction has not all been smooth, and most buyers were supposed to get keys to their island homes a year ago.

That sinking feeling
Some of the new land sank and Nakheel needed an extra year to add more and pack it with vibrating land compactors, Kazim said.

Reports from those who have wandered through the island’s giant homes describe them as cheaply finished and set uncomfortably close to one another. Nakheel rejected an Associated Press request to visit the island.

Overburdened roads in Dubai’s Jumeirah Beach neighborhood are expected to clog further as people begin moving onto the island, accessible, for now, by a single bridge. Mainlanders have already put up with years of road works and innumerable trucks hauling boulders to the island.

Those moving onto the Palm Jumeirah this year will have to live with construction for another three years, and then an influx of tourists. Most of the owners are foreigners, with Britons making up the largest group, Kazim said.

Meet the first resident of Dubai's palm-shaped man-made island

2008-01-10T04:06:00.000-08:00

Four years ago there was nothing here but unbroken sea. Now there's Andrew Dukes and his luxury mansion - sitting on a palm-shaped, man-made island - the first of about 100 houses to open here.

"I got exactly what I paid for and I'm very happy with it," said Dukes, 43, a tanned Englishman who just moved into his colossal home on Palm Jumeirah, Dubai's greatest-yet construction project.

When finished, Palm Jumeirah will number about 120,000 residents and workers spending their days on an island made of rock blasted from nearby mountains and sand dredged from the bottom of the Persian Gulf.

Each of the 100 mansions sits on a kilometre (half-mile) long palm frond, packed in among dozens or sometimes hundreds of others.

Sharing close quarters with his neighbours doesn't bother Dukes, formerly an executive with a London-based Internet company.

"Living in London you're absolutely on top of each other. So if you're English-European coming here, you think the plot size is more than adequate," he said.

Dukes paid over £500,000 for his house just over a year ago. It is now worth almost twice that. He spends his days discovering uses for the large expanse of water that starts a few meters from his back door.

"I've been kayaking ... and I'm going to do windsurfing next," he said.

The first of Dubai's many ongoing mega-projects has literally changed the shape of the United Arab Emirates, re-contouring its coast with a new island mass that has altered sea currents and marred the once unbroken sea view from Dubai's natural beach.

The entire coastal development, led by Dubai government-owned Nakheel, includes three massive palm-shaped islands along with a cluster of 300 islets built in the shape of a world map. All are built mostly of bright sand dredged up from the seabed

The largest of Dubai's ongoing reclamation projects, the Palm Deira, is still being raised from the sea floor.

Nakheel claims that the Palm Deira will be the world's largest reclaimed island, with more than one million people eventually living or working there.

But that figure is called into question by frequent alterations in the island's design over the past two years.

Another island, the Palm Jebel Ali, is 90 per cent reclaimed but building has yet to start on its homes, resorts and hotels. Only the smallest of the palm islands, Jumeirah, has begun to be populated.

Still under construction are the Palm Jumeirah's 32 hotels, monorail, water theme park, and the Trump International Hotel and residence tower.

The developments are central to Dubai's property boom. Properties on the Palm Jumeirah, the first to be opened, have skyrocketed in value after being sold and resold before even being built.

But the smaller islands of the third project - The World - haven't fared so well. Three years after their sales launch, just 45 per cent of the islets have been sold, for prices ranging between £5 million and £22.5 million, Nakheel said.

The luxurious islands are part of a government plan to attract tourists and lure foreign cash into the tax-free economy.

Dubai's government has identified tourism and real estate developments as key sectors to break the emirate's dependence on high oil prices to buttress its economy.

Other nations in the region, including Qatar and Oman, as well as the Emirates capital Abu Dhabi, are quickly borrowing from Dubai's model to develop similar, albeit less dramatic, plans.

The construction of the Palm Jumeirah has already created a national asset worth as much as £11.5 billion, said Nakheel chief executive Chris O'Donnell.

Despite its opulence and ambitions, few global celebrities have been lured to buy second homes in Dubai. British soccer stars, including David Beckham, have bought properties on the Palm Jumeirah, according to Nakheel's website.

Others are said to have taken a look. Nakheel's website claims pop star Michael Jackson, supermodel Naomi Campbell and actor Denzel Washington have shown interest.

The developers say the first 4,000 condos and homes sold on Palm Jumeirah went to citizens of the United Arab Emirates and other Persian Gulf countries.

Britons accounted for about 25 per cent of the buyers with the rest from 75 different nationalities, including several Americans.

Buyers are a mix of speculators, long-term residents and people wanting a vacation home, developers said.

Not all the residents of the Palm Jumeirah are mega-rich. One section serves as a labor camp for the thousands of construction workers who toil in the baking sun.

They will gradually be moved out as the project nears completion in the next three to four years.

The project has not been without problems. A full year's delay was caused by settling of the island's new land. Nakheel solved the problem by adding more sand and hiring a Dutch firm to compact it with vibrating machines.

In June, a large fire broke out in a half-built apartment building, injuring three workers.

Some residents have complained about delays in getting their houses. Others complain that Nakheel is squeezing extra profits out of the island by packing in far more houses than their sales brochures showed.

A broad highway bridge links Palm Jumeirah to the mainland's road network. The monorail with four stops is due to be completed next year, according to Nakheel.

Plans call for five clubhouses, each with gyms, restaurants and shopping on the island. The main shopping center will be built at the tip of the trunk, where the Trump hotel will be located.

Nakheel puts the delays down to the massive engineering tasks they face in building an island like none before it.

"With Palm Jumeirah, which is unique in its nature, there are developments along the way, like the decision to vibro-compact the sand," O'Donnell said. "Most customers are understanding of the delays."

Aggravation has been tempered by the massive increase in house prices since the properties hit the market. Many houses have tripled in value, at least.

And as long as property values continue to rise, owners seem willing to put up with the inconveniences.

"I paid about £380,000 three years ago, it's worth about £1.25 million now," said Dr. Ossama al-Babbili, a Dubai-based pathologist. "Every day I'm getting one or two offers, but I like to live here, it's beautiful."

O'Donnell points to the price increase as a sign of the venture's success. "This is something people said couldn't be done," he said. "Well it's been done."

Dubai's palm island hit by blaze

2008-01-10T04:01:00.000-08:00

A fire in Dubai has damaged buildings and injured three people at a huge man-made, palm-shaped island being developed off the coast.
The fire burned for about two hours, sending smoke billowing over the luxury Palm Jumeirah project and along the beachfront districts of Dubai.

Reports said the blaze started in the basement of an unfinished tower block.

One report quoted firefighters as saying an electrical fault was to blame.

In January, four workers were killed when a fire broke out at another building site in Dubai, prompting calls for an improvement in safety standards.

Sunday's fire broke out amid a group of apartment blocks on the 2km-long Trunk of the island, which is shaped like a date palm tree.

Hundreds of labourers were evacuated from the scene. One construction worker was hospitalised and two others treated at the scene for smoke inhalation, officials said.

The Palm Jumeirah is part of a $14bn project to build several man-made islands. Some 14,000 labourers are working on the project to build the island group.

According to the company developing the island group - state-owned Nakheel - Palm Jumeirah was built using 100 million cubic metres of sand and rock, and is large enough to be seen from space.

2008-01-07T05:44:00.001-08:00

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The Palm Deira

2007-11-15T07:29:00.000-08:00

The Palm, Deira is the third of Nakheel’s man made palm shaped islands. The Palm, Deira is made up of a trunk, a crown with 41 fronds and a surrounding crescent. It will measure 14.3 kilometers in length from base of the trunk to the tip of the crescent, and will be 8.5 kilometers in width. Fronds will vary in length, ranging from 840 – 3,346 metres, with a distance of between 150 – 400 metres of sea between each frond.

The crescent, which will run for 21 kilometers, acts as a breakwater and is expected to be the largest in the world. Approximately 1 billion cubic meters of rock and sand will be quarried in the UAE to build the land mass of the island. The location is just off the coast of Deira, 1.6 kilometers from the Sharjah border and 4 kilometers from international waters from the tip of the crescent. It is also located 8 kilometers from The World and will add 400 kilometers to Dubai’s shoreline. The surrounding area is home to Dubai’s key heritage sites and is close to downtown Deira. This will be a leisure, residential and tourist development featuring 7,820 villas, a number of lavish hotels, several large marinas, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities, health spas, cinemas and various other luxury amenities.

THE PALM JEBEL ALI

2007-11-15T06:42:00.000-08:00

The Palm, Jebel Ali will add a new twist to the Palm concept - Waterhomes built on stilts forming a 12km chain between the Fronds and the Crescent and spelling out a verse from an Arabic poem written by HH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defense Minister. The Palm Jebel Ali, is positioned 22 kilometres from The Palm, Jumeirah. Palm Jebel Ali will include six marinas, a ‘Sea Village’ theme park, and an enlarged crescent breakwater. The crescent has also been modified at the tips, with ‘fingers’ at the end of the crescent. These will be home to luxury apartment blocks, capped by two smaller “pocket islands,” at each end of the crescent, each with their own shopping malls.

Palm Jumeirah

2007-11-15T04:23:00.001-08:00

The Palm, Jumeirah will measure approximately 5km in length and 5km in width and will be a retreat, a quiet, serene sand safe haven for living, leisure and relaxation. There are approximately 7,000 apartments and 1,800 villas and townhouses on The Palm, Jumeirah. The Trunk of The Palm, Jumeirah will offer an outstanding array of retail and lifestyle options for residents and tourists to enjoy, creating a new centre for Dubai. The Golden Mile will feature 220 outlets, offering the world’s most exclusive brands and an array of boutiques, shops, restaurants and cafes. As part of an exclusive partnership between The Trump Organization and Nakheel, The Palm Jumeirah will feature a number of Trump properties, including The Palm Trump International Hotel and Tower; The Palm's centrepiece hotel, the development will pioneer the condo-hotel concept in the Middle East. The Crescent will feature international hotels of the highest quality, providing the ultimate holiday destination. Located near to The Crescent will be a number of fascinating dive sites, and at the head of the Crescent will be Atlantis, The Palm - one of approximately 30 hotels that will appear on The Palm, Jumeirah.

Dubai Palm Islands -Dubai Islands

2007-11-15T03:42:00.000-08:00

The Dubai Palm Islands, also referred to as The Palm Dubai and The Palms, are the three largest man-made islands in the world, which are being built on the coast of the emirate of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Its concept was announced in May 2002 and the three resort islands are expected to maintain Dubai's position as a premium tourist destination.

Each of the islands (Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali, and Palm Deira) are being built in the shape of a date palm tree and consist of a trunk, a crown with fronds, and are surrounded by a crescent island that acts as a breakwater. The islands will support luxury hotels, freehold residential villas, unique water homes, shoreline apartments, marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities, health spas, cinemas and various diving sites.

About Dubai-UAE

2007-11-15T03:32:00.000-08:00

The Country: UAE is a country made up of seven 'emirates': Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al-Quwain, Ras Al-Khaimah, Fujairah. It was founded on December 2, 1971
Geography: It is situated on a pensinsula in the Arabian Gulf. It is bordered by Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the west and south. Iran is the closest country to it from the north. The UAE is 83,600 sq.km (including 200 islands - approximately).

Timezone: UAE is four hours ahead of GMT.

Telephone: The international dialling code for the UAE is 00 971
Police: 999
Fire: 997

The government: The capital of the UAE is Abu Dhabi. This is where the seat of government is and where national decisions are made. However, each emirate has it's own ruler and each emirate has a degree of autonomy and can make up their own laws.

Language: The official language of the UAE is Arabic. Other languages spoken are English, Hindi, Farsi. A large number of the expatriate population are from the sub-continent, the Philippines, Iran, and just about any country. So you will find people here speaking Urdu, Tagalog, Malayalam, Russian, South African and languages.

Currency: The United Arab Emirates currency is called the Dirham. Arab Emirate Dirham (=Dhs or AED) 100 Fils = 1 Dirhams

Religion: The official religion of the United Arab Emirates is Islam. But other faiths are accepted and freedom of worship privately is given. Churches are common in some emirates and in Dubai you will even find a Hindu Temple.

Climate: Moderate climate is found between October and March when days are sunny and pleasant (Average Temperature - 26¼ C). Nights are Cool (average temperature is 15¼ C) Summer is between April and September, when temperatures peak at 50¼ C with high humidity levels. In the summer, southerly and northerly winds blow over the UAE with occasional sandstorms.

Population: The Population of the United Arab Emirates at the end of 2005 was 4.041 million.

Economy: The UAE is a major player in the global oil industry. The emirate of Abu Dhabi alone accounts for 10 per cent of the world's confirmed oil reserves (98 billion barrels). Trade, too, is booming with each emirate establishing a free zone with no taxes to encourage companies to set up their manufacturing and export units here. The UAE's Gross Domestic Product in 2002 stood at Dh262.03 billion ($71.4 billion)The oil sector accounted for (2002) Dhs 62.8 billion while the non-oil sector accounted for Dh199.2 billion ($54.2 billion) Per capita income: Dh70,000 ($19,080)